Reviews by GPHarris:

a - poured a 1/2 finger thick bubbly, light tan head into a snifter that dissipated quickly to a thin ring and disappeared halfway through the beer. the body was a dark ruby red to purple color.s - rum, belgian candi sugar, dark fruit aromas of plums and raisins.t - sherry, plums, grapes, raisins with a rum burn in the finish.m - medium and slick.o - nice quad, not up to belgian standards but very interesting sipper.

The taste is on again fairly simplistic for a beer supposed to have complexity. I'm getting mainly some sweeter dark fruit classic to the style. Figs once again and a little raisins. Alcohol can be sensed at the back end but just a little bit and overall the strength is well hidden. I do enjoy the taste a lot and think this is a good example but it's severely lacing some complexities of the classic examples of the style.

Mouthfeel is pretty good, it's medium/light bodied with a carbonation level that keeps the beer lively on the tongue. It isn't too sweet to hamper drinkability and for it's strength it drinks well above average.

Thin lacing with good stickage, deep dark mahogany color has some clarity when put to the light. Very aromatic with grape-skin, cooked raisins and brown bread. Exceptional smoothness in the bigger body. Very bready with an underlying light sweetness. Hint of raisins and brown sugar, dried plums as well. Alcohol is very mellow but the warmth grows with each sip. Drying finish still keeps on throwing that breadiness at the palate.

Thanks to Pellinore1 for sending me this bottle. Always happy to try a new beer from New Glarus.

The beer pours a reddish-brown color with a white head. The aroma is full of dark fruit with some chocolate, cherries and alcohol mixed in. I get a lot of the notes that I expect in a quadrupel. The flavor is somewhat unexpected. I get a lot of grape notes as well as some other dark fruit. In addition to the fruit notes, I get a lot of toffee and alcohol as well as some candy sugar notes. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.

Brown color liquid, looks nice, leaves a good 1/2" head, and has decent retention and lacing. Aroma was very wine like, much of which is probably the very noticeable.

Lots of raisin and plum sweetness, tons of alcohol taste in this. Tons of brown sugary sweetness. I really don't have much more to say about this, a little bit of chocolate, but the alcohol and the sugary sweetness were a complete distraction and didn't really allow myself to contemplate any of the nuance or good flavors in this. Frankly, I know abt ain't my style, so I'm probably rating it higher than my actual experience was, but New Glarus makes so much good stuff, it kinda evened out an otherwise not as great as usual NG experience.

A- Pours a very dark maroon with just a wisp of off white foam. It's not exactly the prettiest color, somewhere between black and reddish brown.

S- I honesty can't pick much smell here minus a very very small hint of sweetness. Quite disappointing for an unplugged beer.

T- The taste too is unimpressive. Nothing that jumps out at me or strikes me as original or unique. No hints of sherry, not even a feint hint of booze. There is a nice taste of malty sweetness, actually it kinda reminds me of some home brews that didn't fully attenuate.

M- Good mouthfeel especially for a beer at almost 10%. Real nice carbonation.

D- Not terribly drinkable simply because it does not have great taste and it is rather high in abv.

Poured a dark brown color with quite a bit of beige head on it. Smell is quite a bit of fruit - cherry maybe. Taste is pretty decent caramel malt with a bit of alcohol coming through. Medium bodied beer. It's pretty easy to drink though. This ia a pretty good beer overall. I'm not sure what abt is so I wasn't sure what to expect.

Blurry dark magenta-brown with a thick crop of large-bubbled white suds that recedes slowly to a collar.Brown sugar, cherry, fruitcake, clove, gingerbread, orange peel, dark rum aroma. It lacks a bit in loudness and cohesion, but otherwise, it's hard to complain.The tastebuds bring bright, polished caramel, toffee, and raisin bread. And loads of them. Deeper in, vanilla, black cherry, and toast materialize. All equally shiny and unencumbered. Yeast is timid, toting only phantoms of clove, banana bread, and peppercorn. Alcohol is shut out entirely. Hops are vague, but add some herbal bitter flourish.The mouthfeel is absolutely spot-on, fleecy, full, but given ample levity with the steady, thorough carbonation. Feel-wise, this may be the best US-brewed Belgian-approximation I've had.The ultra-clean maltiness and hidden alcohol makes this stupidly drinkable. Right now, that's its strength, along with its impeccable mouthfeel. I really like the youth and the brightness here, but it lacks a good deal of depth. With some time, as the yeast has its way, I'm hoping it soils and sullys and complicates and generally deepens things here.

And I think it will.

I've scored this a bit conservatively, but I'll be suprised if this doesn't end up being one of my all time favorite Unpluggeds. It's right there, and just needs a nudge over time.

Bottle enjoyed at Comet Cafe Store. Not a quad, but still an enjoyable Belgian brown style. carbonation was right here, with Belgian yeast aroma. Brown bodied, average mouthfeel, rasiny, mollasses, some chocolate malt, fig, and toasty. Sweetish, not cloying.

12oz bottle, Bruery tulip, and thank you very much to Dunt for hitting this Want in Black Booty Vol. 4.

The hue of this brew is coca-cola brown shot through with purple. Initially the head was a rather generous inch and of a very light tan and it faded quickly to the scantiest of layers of fine bubbles. What's there is persistent.

Dried fruit, booze soaked fruit, dried strawberries, Belgian candi sugar, brown sugar, golden rum. There is a chocolatey velvet Port aspect to the nose. I find the dried strawberry makes it bright for a Quad. A low amount of alcohol and spice round it out.

Steely candi sugar, dried fruit, cakey malt, the suggestion of chocolate. The strawberry is here too, and though it is a lighter fruit to be associated with this darker, big beer it works for me because the dried strawberry is distinctive, very different from the fresh fruit. Bitter alcohol rests for a moment on the tongue in the finish.

Mouthfeel is probably the weak link; a little too fizzy with only a medium slippery body.

Alcohol is, if anything, under represented. I find this going down very easily; none of the flavors are dominant and the mouthfeel is easy if nothing else. It's a pretty color, and for me has that lovely, distinctive dried strawberry aroma.

12oz bottle into snifter.Pours a deep amber body, almost a dark brown. A:The head is a off-white, which holds well into a thin layer along the top. Lacing is a work of art on the side of the glass.S: Aroma is a sweet note of nuts and yeast. An aroma that is a sure sign of good things to come. A hint of fruit is also shown.T/M: A spice on the front, bring a nice mellow hop/malt finish. This is a well brewed and well complex brew. A nice bitter to the overall taste, but the true winner in this brew is the great smoothness of the mouthfeel.D: This is such a drinkable brew that I felt so inclined to seek out a keg for the home system. With some work, I was able to score, picking up a 1/4 in a few days, nice, and they said it could not be done. A great brew that hides the abv so well that it is a surprise that there is 9.75% in there at all.

S: Aroma is subtle but complex. Notes of grape, figs, Belgian yeast, and clove sweet and spiciness. A slight toasted malt exists in the background also.

T: Opens spicy and sweet. Purple grapes, clove, Belgian yeast, and figs. Malty through and through with no hop presence. Tastes almost exactly like it smells. A burst of yeast and spiciness at the finish builds up the ending but leaves no aftertaste.

M: Light bodied, lively carbonation, invigorating, and active in the mouth. Finish is accented and aftertaste is clean, leaves nothing.

D: A real average offering from New Glarus. In my opinion, this style isn't really one of their strengths. The allure of NG, to me, is their willingness to infuse abundant fruit flavors into styles that usually aren't fruit heavy. However, Belgians are known for there fruit forwardness so there's no real surprise here. This one's still plenty enjoyable though, and for its ABV, hella drinkable too!

taste; leather, wood, figs, fruitcake, clove, somewhat heavy booze. This dubbel doesnt really leave a lasting impression in my opinion - it's strong and has some decent flavors but in the end is a little pedestrian for the "unplugged" label.

Pours a dark amber, red color with a brownish look to it. A white head that quickly dissipates.

Smells sweet and somewhat fruity. Some citrus appeal in there.

Taste is a little sweet, caramel, dry malt, some residual sugars from the possible use of candi sugar. It's got a sour edge to the end of the drink. The hops only make a scene towards the end as well. More of a lingering flavor.

I feel like it attacks a little bit more than some other beers. Got a lot of carbonation that isn't a smoothing but more of a soda-pop type of carbonation. It's not bad, and to be expected with as much fermentable sugars were used to make a quad.

This is a good brew. My second one actually. I think it should be interesting to see how this will change a bit over time.